Draft outline for the forthcoming CERI publication "Research and Evidence in Educational Policy-making: New Challenges"

Part 1 The Evidence Agenda: the issue and why it is important

Secretariat paper from Tracey Burns and Tom Schuller

Part 2 Methodological Issues: what counts and should count as evidence

Two papers focussing on the following questions, followed by a dialogue between the authors:
- Is there a (single) hierarchy of evidence? (Tom Cook, USA)
- Why is there not more mixed-method research? (Stephen Gorard, UK)

- What’s changed in debate in last ten years (Albert Tuijnman, LUX)

Part 3 Mediating the Research/Policy Interface: the role of brokerage agencies